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Re: [RC] [RC] Just Guessing - Howard Bramhall

Ah, American politics at it's best. And it's happening right here on Ridecamp. The shit's about to hit the fan.

It gets nasty because we feel so strongly about it, we are quite prepared to die for some of our beliefs. It's why this topic is not one to be taken lightly, because WE ALL LOVE OUR HORSES. So, if we think the other guy is dead wrong, it will be taken to that level to prove ourselves right.

This is why it gets personal. Save your breath; quit trying to analyze me. Especially if you haven't even met me once in person. It should not be about me, it should not be about Gambler Joe, it should not be about Jim Holland, and, it should not be about Truman or Heidi. It should be about the horse, and only the horse.

We've been keeping all of this data in the closet way too long now. I'm glad some of it's coming out and, I'm glad Laura Hayes is going to post the numbers soon, but I'd sure like to see numbers from past years in comparison.

This year you've got to scream out loud, "They're too high!" It's time we posted what rides, what regions, and, even, go back the last ten years, to see what is going on and where.

Sorry to interrupt; enjoy the show.

cya,
Howard

From: Jim Holland <lanconn@xxxxxxx>
To: jlong@xxxxxxxx
CC: Howard Bramhall <howard9732@xxxxxxx>, k s swigart <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC] Just Guessing
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 19:14:29 -0500

Joe Long wrote:
>
> On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 11:28:57 -0500, "Howard Bramhall"
> <howard9732@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >There are some good guesses in there, Kat. The thing is, I kind of disagree with your final conclusion. I do think there are some excellent ideas out there that would help reduce the number of endurance related equine metabolic deaths. I have a list:
>
> >1) The pacer/mentor program, for newbies, is an excellent idea. This is how we pass on the valuable knowledge that our experienced riders have to give to others.
>
> As a voluntary program, I think this is a good idea, and one that is
> already being tried. As a way to reduce equine fatalities is is
> probably useless, though. And if it was mandatory, it would do little
> good while causing a lot of problems.

I don't recall Howard saying anything about it being "mandatory". Read
his post again. He was simply saying it is a good program and should be
encouraged. Useless, huh? Guess I was wasting my time mentoring all
those people....Hmmm...but none of them have killed a horse....
>
> >2) The "horse holiday" idea is another good one. 30 days is not a long period of time and if your horse is pulled at a ride, for metabolic reasons, that period of time is something a rider should do on their own anyway.
>
>

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